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Gone Fishin’ choose

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[Aus] ‘Nino Culotta’ Gone Fishin’ 195: Why did yer have to shoot through, an’ leave me there like a shag on a rock?
at like a shag on a rock under like a..., phr.
[Aus] ‘Nino Culotta’ Gone Fishin’ 183: Coulda bowled me over with a feather when I seen ’im haulin’ ’em in.
at -a, sfx
[Aus] ‘Nino Culotta’ Gone Fishin’ 164: ‘How about we take him out some Sunday, an’ show him how to catch real fish? Hire a boat, eh, an’ make a day of ut?’ ‘Yer twisted me arm,’ Dennis said. ‘Next Sunday?’.
at twist someone’s arm (v.) under arm, n.
[Aus] ‘Nino Culotta’ Gone Fishin’ 25: Queer-lookin’ mob she knocks around with, but.
at knock around, v.
[Aus] ‘Nino Culotta’ Gone Fishin’ 134: She’ll be dark soon, an’ yer don’t want to fall harse over ’ead.
at arse over head under arse, n.
[Aus] ‘Nino Culotta’ Gone Fishin’ 46: Try clearing a dry net, and you’ll know all about ’em. You’ll itch from arse to breakfast.
at from arsehole to breakfast (time) under arsehole, n.
[Aus] ‘Nino Culotta’ Gone Fishin’ 179: Great little bloke to go fishin’ with. Mad as a cut snake. Liar, too.
at ...a cut snake under mad as..., adj.
[Aus] ‘Nino Culotta’ Gone Fishin’ 179: Something smells. [...] I think we’re bein’ got at.
at get at, v.
[Aus] ‘Nino Culotta’ Gone Fishin’ 197: He’s always talkin’ like that, and nobody ever comes back at ’im.
at come back, v.
[Aus] ‘Nino Culotta’ Gone Fishin’ 79: Beggin’ your pardon, sir, but me mother told me to tell you you’re a bald-headed old bastard, sir.
at bald-headed, adj.
[Aus] ‘Nino Culotta’ Gone Fishin’ 10: Real old bastard, he is. Good bloke, though.
at old bastard (n.) under bastard, n.
[Aus] ‘Nino Culotta’ Gone Fishin’ 155: Old George Chuckled. ‘That’s a good one,’ he said. ‘That’s a beauty.’.
at beauty, n.1
[Aus] ‘Nino Culotta’ Gone Fishin’ 126: I’ve got a bird down here that’s gettin’ real friendly. Comes to see me every morning an’ evening for his bit o’ fish.
at bird, n.1
[Aus] ‘Nino Culotta’ Gone Fishin’ 36: Still bites me for a quid every year to renew his licence.
at bite, v.
[Aus] ‘Nino Culotta’ Gone Fishin’ 82: Get to hell out of here before me big mate does his block.
at do one’s block (v.) under block, n.1
[Aus] ‘Nino Culotta’ Gone Fishin’ 163: Been on the bludge nearly a year now, haven’t yer?
at on the bludge under bludge, v.
[Aus] ‘Nino Culotta’ Gone Fishin’ 23: He said that he had ‘had a bit of a blue with the missus’.
at blue, n.4
[Aus] ‘Nino Culotta’ Gone Fishin’ 178: Bossy little bastard. Who does he think he’s tellin’ not to talk at all?
at bossy, adj.
[Aus] ‘Nino Culotta’ Gone Fishin’ 183: Coulda bowled me over with a feather when I seen ’im haulin’ ’em in.
at bowl over, v.
[Aus] ‘Nino Culotta’ Gone Fishin’ 18: Atom bombs, hydrogen bombs, sputniks, phenoma-wotsanames—they got the climate buggered.
at buggered, adj.2
[Aus] ‘Nino Culotta’ Gone Fishin’ 212: He likes to bung on an act. An’ ’e’s bungin’ one on now. All this pommy talk, an’ wantin’ to be an articheck.
at bung on (v.) under bung, v.1
[Aus] ‘Nino Culotta’ Gone Fishin’ 106: Champion bloke, Bill. Known him since we were kids.
at champion, adj.
[Aus] ‘Nino Culotta’ Gone Fishin’ 10: Don’t try to learn anything from his Old Man, though. Finish up in clink if you do.
at clink, n.1
[Aus] ‘Nino Culotta’ Gone Fishin’ 22: He won’ go crook if we put a cold one in his hand, will he?
at cold one, n.2
[Aus] ‘Nino Culotta’ Gone Fishin’ 72: Weather’s too crook, Pop. Can’t work today.
at crook, adj.
[Aus] ‘Nino Culotta’ Gone Fishin’ 109: Two to one. You’re both bloody dagoes.
at dago, n.
[Aus] ‘Nino Culotta’ Gone Fishin’ 142: ‘I fell over when I was frightened by a deer.’ ‘Blonde or brunette?’ ‘A deer with horns.’.
at deer, n.
[Aus] ‘Nino Culotta’ Gone Fishin’ 39: Be in the doghouse, won’t you? You haven’t been home all day.
at in the doghouse under doghouse, n.
[Aus] ‘Nino Culotta’ Gone Fishin’ 174: Dry your eyes an’ have a mullet.
at dry your eyes! (excl.) under dry, v.
[Aus] ‘Nino Culotta’ Gone Fishin’ 99: My ever-loving filled the tucker-box before we left.
at ever-loving, n.
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